Anyone Else NOT Like Fender Basses?

[greenduke]

It's obviously all about personal preferences but, I've always found them to be generic, lacking character so they just don't "inspire" me. The wood builds are typical and to me feel on the heavy side and I've never been a fan of basses that look classic or vintage.
I like a more modern Hi-Fi tone and something more "out of the box," "unique" in design and build as opposed to; just out of the box like every other bass. LOL
My first real bass was a Fender Precision, I hated it, sold it in several months. Then I got a Rickenbacker 4001 and loved it! The neck eventually went all wacky on me and my next bass was a Peavey T-40, talk about heavy but, I can still remember the tone..I still have it, 1982, original owner.
Next came my Alembic Distallite, loved the electronics but I could never get used to the ergonomics.
Fenders, a lot of recording engineers tend to love them as they do fit into the mix well.

 

[BurningTheAltar]

This guy.....

 

[TMARK]

Just go practice. No one cares if you like Fender or not. If you focus on playing maybe you can stop thinking about brand names.

 

[kosmicwizard]

I did not know that. Seems like different basses have slightly different variations on string spacing. Learn something new every day.

There are variations on string spacing, not just between brands, but even between the jazz and precision basses made by fender.

 

[bassstrangler]

I own ten basses, six are Fenders, one SBMM Ray 34, one Epiphone EB3, a Lakland 55-01 and a Frankenbass which is more Fender than anything else.

I love Fender. When I started at 14 all I could afford was a Yamaha, Fender was always the goal. I love them. It's all personal choice. I tried Ibanez, couldn't make it work, fine basses though.